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Having problems with your Acer Aspire 5610-4648 Notebook ?

Computer shutting off

\015 I have a really annoying problem with my computer. Sometimes it will just shut off. It makes this weird sound and then shuts off. I try to turn it back on and it will get to the main screen, but then shut off again. Sometimes I'll have my computer on for 4 hours and it will turn off, sometimes less than that. I have an antivirus program that I try to run once a week, but it takes 5 hours to complete, so I can't even do this anymore because the computer shuts off before it's finished! What is wrong with my computer??\015\012By the way, it's a Toshiba laptop that I've had for a little less than 5 years...\015

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This seems to be a common problem with Toshiba laptops. I have seen this with many of them, and the problem is almost always overheating. Make sure your fan is working and you probably want to look into getting a notebook cooling fan (fan that plugs into usb and sits underneath the laptop).

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